Homework Helper

Assignment:

Create a program that helps a student do their homework. The student inputs data to make a question and the computer provides the answer. This is a more elaborate version of the conversion or area programs. You might help them calculate their heart rate for phys ed or some equations for science class. There might be math problems or computer questions. They will work better if there is some arithmetic involved.

The program should work on a specific subject and it should have a cartoon character (or animal or whatever) to help the student.

Analysis (R-4)

This should have a title: Unit 1: Homework Helper Analysis.

This will be printed out.

Make a chart to choose which subject you want to work on. For Example (this needs to be filled in, you may change any or all of the subjects and the criteria.)

Subject	Creative, Interest Level	Questions with exponents, %, /, *, -, +	ASCII art	Extra Features
Phys. Ed
Science		(this is only an example, you fill in the chart yourself:) exponents= exponental growth = bugs, carbon dating. % can be used to translate feet to inches. /, * can be done with density formulas +,- can be done with masses and weights
Art
History

After your chart, choose one of the subjects. Write a sentence to say which you choose and why.

Make a chart to choose your cartoon character. For example (again, edit it, choose your own characters and fill in the boxes)

Character	Creative, Interesting	Relates to choosen subject	ASCII Art Available
Mickey Mouse
The Microsoft Paperclip
A Talking Samosa	(an example, fill in yourself) creative because not commerical. samosa can offer the child potatoes and spices and interesting commentary throughout the program.
Dora the Explorer

After your chart, choose one of the characters. Write a sentence to say which you choose and why.

Make sure there is a title and a conclusion about what you final decision was and why.

Design (R-4)

This should have a title: Unit 1: Homework Helper Design
This will be printed out.
Choose 10 questions for your program.
Find some ascii art for your program, including some titles.
Decide on some extra features for your program. List them out WITH LINKS explaining how to code them. Take a look on the course website and on the I://.
Some extra feature suggestions:

some ifs. (You might ask them a question. If they get it right, they get a message congadulating them)
a loop that asks the user if they want to run the program again.
some dialogs popping up.
slow printing text across the screen.
methods to do rounding
whatever you can think of

Code (R-8)

1-2	Little math. Poorly formatted. Looks hastily thrown together. No title comments.
3-4	Math including *, /, +. - is used. Nicely formatted. Some ASCII art appears. Title comments appear.
5-6	Level 4 and Math involving PI, exponents and %. Very nicely formatted. Lots of ASCII art. One or two extra features. Comments throughout the code.
7-8	Level 6 and Many extra features. Student worked independently to research and implement extra features.